Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format. A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device and the attributes from one single parent device. looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sdb': KERNEL=="sdb" SUBSYSTEM=="block" DRIVER=="" ATTR{range}=="16" ATTR{ext_range}=="256" ATTR{removable}=="0" ATTR{ro}=="0" ATTR{size}=="156301488" ATTR{alignment_offset}=="0" ATTR{capability}=="52" ATTR{stat}==" 1844 58 40690 12984 448 62 13058 48144 0 12920 61128" ATTR{inflight}==" 0 0" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0': KERNELS=="5:0:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="sd" ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0" ATTRS{type}=="0" ATTRS{scsi_level}=="3" ATTRS{vendor}=="FUJITSU " ATTRS{model}=="MHT2080AT " ATTRS{rev}==" " ATTRS{state}=="running" ATTRS{timeout}=="30" ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32" ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x905" ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x905" ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x0" ATTRS{modalias}=="scsi:t-0x00" ATTRS{evt_media_change}=="0" ATTRS{queue_depth}=="1" ATTRS{queue_type}=="none" ATTRS{max_sectors}=="240" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host5/target5:0:0': KERNELS=="target5:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host5': KERNELS=="host5" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0': KERNELS=="1-1:1.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb-storage" ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00" ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0" ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="02" ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="08" ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="06" ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="50" ATTRS{modalias}=="usb:v152Dp2338d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50" ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="0" ATTRS{interface}=="MSC Bulk-Only Transfer" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-1': KERNELS=="1-1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="USB Mass Storage" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="c0" ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 2mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="9049" ATTRS{idVendor}=="152d" ATTRS{idProduct}=="2338" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0100" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="3" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{maxchild}=="0" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="JMicron" ATTRS{product}=="USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge" ATTRS{serial}=="43527242080A" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1': KERNELS=="usb1" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb" DRIVERS=="usb" ATTRS{configuration}=="" ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1" ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1" ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0" ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 0mA" ATTRS{urbnum}=="62" ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b" ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002" ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0206" ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09" ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00" ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00" ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1" ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64" ATTRS{speed}=="480" ATTRS{busnum}=="1" ATTRS{devnum}=="1" ATTRS{version}==" 2.00" ATTRS{maxchild}=="6" ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0" ATTRS{authorized}=="1" ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ehci_hcd" ATTRS{product}=="EHCI Host Controller" ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:10.3" ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3': KERNELS=="0000:00:10.3" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="ehci_hcd" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x1106" ATTRS{device}=="0x3104" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1458" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x5004" ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0320" ATTRS{irq}=="21" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="ffffffff" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-31" ATTRS{modalias}=="pci:v00001106d00003104sv00001458sd00005004bc0Csc03i20" ATTRS{enable}=="1" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="" ATTRS{companion}=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS==""